The United States wants to draw almost 50% of its electricity from solar energy in 2050

The United States intends to drastically reduce its dependence on fossil fuels by focusing on solar.The government has just published a study called Futures which Plan offers to increase to 40% solar energy by 2035 and 45% in 2050.According to the study, barely 3% of the country's electricity came from solar panels in 2020.

The report is published while the United States faces the damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which has deprived more than a million people in electricity.Hundreds of thousands of homes still have no current after the strong winds and the floods that hit Louisiana on August 29.Extreme meteorological phenomena of this type are amplified by climate change caused by humans.

The study, carried out by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Ministry of Energy, describes the measures to be taken to achieve these long -term objectives.The use of solar panels should increase by 30 gigawatts per year on average until 2025, from 60 gigawatts per year from 2025 to 2030 to reach 1,000 gigawatts in 2035 and, finally, 1,600 gigawatts in 2050.

From 20 to 25 solar panels per house

A standard American house needs 20 to 25 photovoltaic panels to work entirely with solar energy.It will therefore be necessary to deploy millions to achieve the announced objectives.Many solar panels will be installed on roofs, but others could be on "contaminated land unfit to other uses.»»

« L'étude met en lumière le fait que l'énergie solaire, notre source d'énergie propre la moins chère et dont la croissance est la plus rapide, pourrait produire suffisamment d'électricité pour alimenter tous les foyers américains d'ici 2035 et employer jusqu'à 1,5 million de personnes dans le processus»», a estimé la secrétaire d'État à l'énergie Jennifer Granholm.

The study on the future of solar is only an element of the environmental plan of the Biden administration.From the first day of his mandate, the President of the United States signed a decree to reintegrate the Paris climate agreement.Its administration has also made decrees relating to the climate crisis and announced its intention to ensure that by 2030, half new designers sold are electric.

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